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• /ˈt͡ʃiːt/
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Verb from Middle English achetan, variant of escheten, from Old French escheat, past participle of escheoir, escheoiter, from Late Latin *excadēre (“fall away, fall out”), from (Latin) ex- + cadere (“fall”). Displaced native Old English beswīcan. Noun from verb and/or Middle English chete, aphetic form of achete, escheat, eschete (“the reversion of property to the state”), from Anglo-Norman eschete and Old French eschet, escheit, escheoit (“that which falls to one”), past participle of escheoir (“to fall”) (modern French échoir), from Late Latin *excadēre (“fall away, fall out”), from (Latin) ex- + cadere (“fall”). Doublet of escheat.

Inherited from Middle English chet (“low-quality bread”), of unknown origin; compare manchet.

272 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Hungarian: csalás — act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception
• Hungarian: szélhámosság — act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception
• Hungarian: rászedés — act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception
• Hungarian: becsapás — act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception
• Spanish: fullería — act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception
• Spanish: trampa — act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception
• Spanish: transa — act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception
• Ottoman Turkish: اویون (oyun) — act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception
• Ottoman Turkish: قازیق (kazık) — act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception
• Dutch: liegen — card game
• Finnish: fusku — card game
• French: menteur — card game
• Hungarian: svindli — card game
• Russian: ве́рю-не-ве́рю (vérju-ne-vérju) — card game
• Spanish: mentiroso — card game
• Swedish: bluffstopp — card game
• Bulgarian: измама (izmama) — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Catalan: truc — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Chinese Mandarin: 作弊碼 /作弊码 (zuòbìmǎ) — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Chinese Mandarin: 秘籍 (mìjí) — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Dutch: cheat — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Finnish: huijaus — unfair advantage in a computer game
• French: cheat — unfair advantage in a computer game
• German: Cheat — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Hebrew: צ׳יט (chit) — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Hungarian: csalás — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Icelandic: svindl — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Japanese: チート (chīto) — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Korean: 치트키 (chiteuki) — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Macedonian: шифра (šifra) — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Polish: cheat — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Polish: czit — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Polish: kod — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Portuguese: batota — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Portuguese: trapaça — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Portuguese: macete — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Russian: чит (čit) — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Spanish: truco — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Swedish: fusk — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Turkish: hile — unfair advantage in a computer game
• Middle English: chet — low-quality bread
• Afrikaans: kroek — violate rules to gain advantage
• Albanian: rren — violate rules to gain advantage
• Arabic: غَشَّ (ḡašša) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Arabic: غش (ḡašš) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Arabic: غشّ (ḡəšš) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Assamese: ঠগ (thog) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Assamese: ভাঁৰ (bhãr) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Azerbaijani: cığallıq etmək — violate rules to gain advantage
• Bulgarian: измамвам (izmamvam) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Bulgarian: изигравам (izigravam) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Catalan: trampejar — violate rules to gain advantage
• Catalan: mentir — violate rules to gain advantage
• Catalan: fer trampes — violate rules to gain advantage
• Cherokee: ᎦᎶᏄᎮᎭ (galonuheha) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Chinese Cantonese: 出貓 /出猫 (ceot1 maau1) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Chinese Mandarin: 作弊 (zuòbì) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Chinese Mandarin: 使诈 (shǐzhà) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Chinese Mandarin: 使詐 /使诈 (shǐzhà) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Czech: podvádět — violate rules to gain advantage
• Danish: snyde — violate rules to gain advantage
• Danish: svindle — violate rules to gain advantage
• Danish: bedrage — violate rules to gain advantage
• Dutch: valsspelen — violate rules to gain advantage
• Dutch: bedriegen — violate rules to gain advantage
• Esperanto: trompi — violate rules to gain advantage
• Faroese: snýta — violate rules to gain advantage
• Faroese: svíkja — violate rules to gain advantage
• Faroese: svika — violate rules to gain advantage
• Finnish: huijata — violate rules to gain advantage
• Finnish: luntata — violate rules to gain advantage
• French: tricher — violate rules to gain advantage
• German: schwindeln — violate rules to gain advantage
• German: schummeln — violate rules to gain advantage
• German: überlisten — violate rules to gain advantage
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌷𐍉𐌻𐍉𐌽 (afhōlōn) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Hebrew: רימה — violate rules to gain advantage
• Hindi: छलना (chalnā) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Hungarian: csal — violate rules to gain advantage
• Hungarian: puskázik — violate rules to gain advantage
• Icelandic: svindla — violate rules to gain advantage
• Irish: feall ar — violate rules to gain advantage
• Irish: déan cneámhaireacht ar — violate rules to gain advantage
• Irish: déan caimiléireacht ar — violate rules to gain advantage
• Irish: imir ar — violate rules to gain advantage
• Irish: déan séitéireacht (ar) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Irish: cúigleáil — violate rules to gain advantage
• Italian: fregare — violate rules to gain advantage
• Italian: imbrogliare — violate rules to gain advantage
• Italian: barare — violate rules to gain advantage
• Japanese: 騙す (damasu) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Japanese: まやかす (mayakasu) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Japanese: 偽る (itsuwaru) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Latin: fraudō — violate rules to gain advantage
• Latvian: krāpt — violate rules to gain advantage
• Latvian: šmaukt — violate rules to gain advantage
• Latvian: mānīt — violate rules to gain advantage
• Latvian: maldināt — violate rules to gain advantage
• Lithuanian: apgaudinėti — violate rules to gain advantage
• Luxembourgish: fuddelen — violate rules to gain advantage
• Macedonian: ма́ми (mámi) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Macedonian: и́леџи (íledži) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Māori: purei tāhae — violate rules to gain advantage
• Norwegian: jukse — violate rules to gain advantage
• Norwegian: fuske — violate rules to gain advantage
• Pashto: سینه (sanh) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Polish: oszukiwać — violate rules to gain advantage
• Portuguese: trapacear — violate rules to gain advantage
• Portuguese: roubar — violate rules to gain advantage
• Portuguese: batotar — violate rules to gain advantage
• Romanian: trișa — violate rules to gain advantage
• Russian: моше́нничать (mošénničatʹ) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Russian: смоше́нничать (smošénničatʹ) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Russian: мухлева́ть (muxlevátʹ) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Russian: смухлева́ть (smuxlevátʹ) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Russian: обма́нывать (obmányvatʹ) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Russian: обману́ть (obmanútʹ) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Russian: обду́ривать (obdúrivatʹ) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Russian: обдури́ть (obdurítʹ) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Russian: надува́ть (naduvátʹ) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Russian: наду́ть (nadútʹ) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Sanskrit: गर्धयते (gardhayate) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Serbo-Croatian: varati — violate rules to gain advantage
• Slovak: podvádzať — violate rules to gain advantage
• Spanish: hacer trampa — violate rules to gain advantage
• Spanish: enfullar — violate rules to gain advantage
• Spanish: jaranear — violate rules to gain advantage
• Spanish: machetearse — violate rules to gain advantage
• Spanish: machetear — violate rules to gain advantage
• Spanish: hacer albardilla — violate rules to gain advantage
• Spanish: hacer fullería (s) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Spanish: hacer trafa — violate rules to gain advantage
• Spanish: trafear — violate rules to gain advantage
• Swedish: fuska — violate rules to gain advantage
• Swedish: svindla — violate rules to gain advantage
• Swedish: bedra — violate rules to gain advantage
• Swedish: lura — violate rules to gain advantage
• Swedish: fiffla — violate rules to gain advantage
• Thai: โกง (goong) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Turkish: aldatmak — violate rules to gain advantage
• Turkish: dolandırmak — violate rules to gain advantage
• Turkish: kopya çekmek — violate rules to gain advantage
• Ukrainian: шахраюва́ти (šaxrajuváty) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Ukrainian: махлюва́ти (maxljuváty) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Ukrainian: дури́ти (durýty) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Ukrainian: обма́нювати (obmánjuvaty) — violate rules to gain advantage
• Vietnamese: gian lận — violate rules to gain advantage
• Vietnamese: bịp — violate rules to gain advantage
• Vietnamese: xập xí xập ngầu — violate rules to gain advantage
• Volapük: cütön — violate rules to gain advantage
• Volapük: citön — violate rules to gain advantage
• Walloon: tructer — violate rules to gain advantage
• Welsh: cafflo — violate rules to gain advantage
• Welsh: twyllo — violate rules to gain advantage
• Arabic: خان (ḵān) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Azerbaijani: xəyanət etmək — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Bulgarian: мамя (mamja) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Bulgarian: изневеря́вам (izneverjávam) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Bulgarian: изме́ням (izménjam) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Catalan: enganyar — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Catalan: fer banyes — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Catalan: fer el salt — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Chinese Cantonese: 一腳踏兩船 /一脚踏两船 (jat1 goek3 daap6 loeng5 syun4) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Chinese Mandarin: 腳踏兩條船 /脚踏两条船 (jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Chinese Mandarin: 不忠 (bùzhōng) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Chinese Mandarin: 出軌 /出轨 (chūguǐ) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Czech: podvádět — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Czech: být nevěrný — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Danish: være utro — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Danish: bedrage — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Dutch: vreemdgaan — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Dutch: overspel plegen — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Dutch: scheve schaats rijden — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Esperanto: kokri — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Esperanto: adulti — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Finnish: pettää — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• French: tromper — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Georgian: ღალატი (ɣalaṭi) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• German: die Ehe brechen — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• German: betrügen — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• German: fremdgehen — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Hebrew: בגד — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Hungarian: megcsal — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Icelandic: halda framhjá — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Indonesian: selingkuh — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Italian: tradire — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Japanese: 不倫をする (furin o suru) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Japanese: 浮気する (uwaki suru) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Korean: 바람피우다 (barampiuda) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Korean: 바람을 피우다 (baram-eul piuda) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Macedonian: мами (mami) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Macedonian: изневерува (izneveruva) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Malay: curang — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Māori: moe tāhae — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Norwegian: være utro — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Norwegian: bedra — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Polish: zdradzać — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Portuguese: trair — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Portuguese: chifrar — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Russian: изменя́ть (izmenjátʹ) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Russian: измени́ть (izmenítʹ) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Russian: гуля́ть (guljátʹ) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Spanish: trampear — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Spanish: encornudar — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Spanish: echar cuernos — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Spanish: criar cuernos — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Spanish: meter guampas — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Spanish: ser infiel — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Swedish: vara otrogen — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Swedish: bedra — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Swedish: bedraga — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Swedish: vänsterprassla — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Swedish: vänstra — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Swedish: vänsla — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Thai: นอกใจ (nâawk-jai) — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Turkish: aldatmak — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Vietnamese: bắt cá hai tay — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Walloon: tromper — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Walloon: fé on schård e sacramint — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Walloon: fé on schård dins l' contrat — being unfaithful to sexual partner
• Bulgarian: изма́мвам (izmámvam) — manage to avoid something
• Chinese Mandarin: 逃避 (táobì) — manage to avoid something
• Danish: undgå — manage to avoid something
• Finnish: välttää — manage to avoid something
• Finnish: huijata — manage to avoid something
• German: austricksen — manage to avoid something
• Hungarian: kicselez — manage to avoid something
• Hungarian: kifog — manage to avoid something
• Hungarian: megmenekül — manage to avoid something
• Norwegian: unngå — manage to avoid something
• Norwegian: snyte — manage to avoid something
• Norwegian: lure — manage to avoid something
• Portuguese: enganar — manage to avoid something
• Portuguese: fraudar — manage to avoid something
• Russian: обма́нывать (obmányvatʹ) — manage to avoid something
• Russian: обману́ть (obmanútʹ) — manage to avoid something
• Spanish: incumplir — manage to avoid something
• Spanish: jaranear — manage to avoid something
• Spanish: fraudar — manage to avoid something
• Swedish: undgå — manage to avoid something
• Swedish: lura — manage to avoid something
• Bulgarian: заблуждавам (zabluždavam) — to deceive
• Catalan: enganyar — to deceive
• Chinese Mandarin: 行騙 /行骗 (xíngpiàn) — to deceive
• Czech: podvést — to deceive
• Czech: podvádět — to deceive
• Esperanto: trompi — to deceive
• Esperanto: perfidi — to deceive
• French: tromper — to deceive
• German: betrügen — to deceive
• Ancient Greek: φηλόω (phēlóō) — to deceive
• Ancient Greek: φενακίζω (phenakízō) — to deceive
• Hindi: छलना (chalnā) — to deceive
• Hungarian: rászed — to deceive
• Hungarian: átejt — to deceive
• Hungarian: becsap — to deceive
• Hungarian: átver — to deceive
• Hungarian: kiforgat — to deceive
• Hungarian: csalássalszerez (meg) — to deceive
• Hungarian: kicsal — to deceive
• Ido: eskrokar — to deceive
• Kavalan: suanem — to deceive
• Latin: fraudō — to deceive
• Māori: mākoi — to deceive
• Māori: whakateke — to deceive
• Nepali: छक्याउनु (chakyāunu) — to deceive
• Pennsylvania German: aabasse — to deceive
• Spanish: engañar — to deceive
• Spanish: entrampar — to deceive
• Spanish: trampear — to deceive
• Spanish: embaír — to deceive
• Tamil: ஏமாற்று (ēmāṟṟu) — to deceive